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Miss. Code Ann. § 91-20-29

Delivery of property or money to minor; expenditure for benefit of minor; conditions; court order

Known as the Mississippi Uniform Transfers to Minors Act

The act spans §§ 91–91 (25 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 753 So. 2d 1095 - Saliba v. Saliba (2000)

Most recently applied in Wilson v. Hayes (October 2013)

Laws, 1994, ch. 416, § 15, eff from and after January 1, 1995.

(1) A custodian may deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s benefit so much of the custodial property as the custodian considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor, without court order and without regard to (a) the duty or ability of the custodian personally or of any other person to support the minor, or (b) any other income or property of the minor which may be applicable or available for that purpose.

(2) On petition of an interested person or the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen (14) years, the court may order the custodian to deliver or pay to the minor or expend for the minor’s benefit so much of the custodial property as the court considers advisable for the use and benefit of the minor.

(3) A delivery, payment or expenditure under this section is in addition to, not in substitution for, and does not affect any obligation of a person to support the minor.

Current official text: Mississippi Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Mississippi statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.